KVCD

Hi there can anybody what program to use and where to get it from, for converting kvcd files to avi, or how to put kvcd files on to dvd format, sorry if this sounds a bit thick ( new to this)

 

KVCD is, more or less, equal VCD or SVCD (it is MPEG-1 if it's low-res and KVCD is its proper name, it is MPEG-2 if it hi-res and its proper name is KSVCD, but all them are called imprecisely: 'KVCD'). The unic difference id that VCD are MPEG-1 CBR (1500 kbps), KVCD are MPEG-1 VBR (300-1800 kbps but CQ, = Constant Quality, not with a fixed average bitrate).

This means:

1) KVCD to DVD is equivalent to (S)VCD to DVD (author a DVD with DVD Lab, the only DVD-authoring application I know, which accepts (S)VCD movies too, instead of DVD movies only)

2) KVCD to AVI is equivalent to (S)VCD to AVI (you'll need VirtualDub or, better, some of its variants like VirtualDub-MPEG2, which also accepts MPEG-2 files). For the rest, read the proper guide in http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/

 

Thank you for your advise i will give it a go.

 

If you PM me your e-mail I'll send you among the best tools to estimate CQ (CQCalc + CQMatic, 42 Kb only, and which to be used together TMPGenc).
Alas, you'll need to search the net to learn how to use them (I'm not encoding KVCD from years, and I don't want to study again teach that stuff to teach it to anyone)...

 

Skip all the crap above and do a search on google for "diko" or for those of you who are lazy copy and paste the link i give you.

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_diko_424.html

This program does it all in one simple step. I have used it. No need to download no templates or nothing. Just the program. End of thread!